Winder.



G. WIEBKE.

WINDEE.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 19, 1906.

Patented. N013, 190s.

Fig. 2 is an end elevation of the same.

l llillTliiD CHARLES WIEBKE, OF NEW YORK, Y.

WINDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 3, 1908.

Application filed July 19, 1906. Serial No. 326,939.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, CHARLES NIEBKE, a citizen of the United States, residing at the borough oi the Bronx, city of New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Winders, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings, forming a part thereof.

My invention relates to machines for winding ribbons or other materials upon cards, thin boards or frames, and has for its objects, generally, simplicity and economy of construction, durability and strength, ease of manipulation and adjustment and a wide range of effective adjustment for cards or material holders of different thicknesses.

I will now describe the means embodying my invention illustrated in the accorn panying drawings and will thereafter point out my invention in claims.

Figure 1 is a front elevation of the winder. Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail, partly in section, of a pair of card-holding fingers and their holding and adjusting means.

The standard for holding the winder comprises a vertical rod 4 having at its lower end a clamping member 5 provided with a clamping screw 6 whereby it may be clamped to the edge of a table or other suitable support. The vertical rod 4 at its lower end enters a bore in a boss 7 in the clamping member 6 and is held from rotation therein by a setscrew 8. The vertical rod 4 at its upper end enters a bore in a tee-shaped bearing block 9 and is held from rotation therein by a setscrew 10. The shaft 1.1 of the winder is fitted to rotate in the bearing block 9 and is provided at one end with a hand-crank 12 and at the other end with a hub 13 for the winder arms 16, 17, this hub being held from rotation relatively to the shaft by a set-screw 14. The hub 13 is provided with two parallel bores at right angles to the axis of the winder shaft 11, one bore for each winder arm, and the winder arms are separately adjustably held in their respective sockets in this hub by set-screws 18, 18. Each winder arm has at its outer end fitted thereon and secured thereto by a set-screw 19 a finger-carrying mem her 20.

The card-gripping fingers for each winder arm consist of two flat bars 21 and 22, secured to the finger-carrying member 20. One finger 22 is made slightly shorter than the other linger 21 to allow the card to be readily entered between the fingers. A card 29 is shown in Fig. 1 as held by the fingers in position for winding the ribbon thereon. The

fingers are adjustable relatively to each other both to increase and diminish the space between them and to vary their relative inclination. This adjustability is accomplished by the provision of a plurality of adjusting screws whereby the fingers are held to a flat lug 26 of the finger-carrying member 20. The shorter finger 22 is shown. as provided with a backing block 28, and two binding screws 24 and 25 are threaded into this backing block, but pass freely through the finger 22 and the finger 21 and the fingercarrying lug 26, their heads abutting against the outer face of the finger-carrying lug 26. A clamping screw 23 passes freely through the finger-carrying lug 26 and is threaded into the finger 21 so that when tightened it clamps the finger 21. against the finger-carrying lug 26.

A spacing screw 27 is threaded into the. backing block 28 and also into the finger 22 and abuts against the end of the clamping screw 23. This spacing screw 27 performs the function of clamping the finger 22 to the backing block 28 by reason of the fact that it is threaded into both parts and that the threads are formed when the parts are tightly clamped together. It also performs the function of acting as an intermediate spacing'devioe and fulcrum. ll", for exam ple, it is desired to incline the fingers so that they will approach each ()tifltzl at their outer ends, the binding screw 25 is slackened and the binding screw 24 is tightened and the finger 22 will then turn on the end of the spacing screw 27 as a fulcrum as it moves to the desired. position. If it is desired to cause the fingers to approach each other in parallelism, the spacing screi- 27 is first slackened and then the binding screws 24; and 25 equally tightened. At the final adjustment in any position the spacing screw 27 is so opposed to the binding screws 24 and 25 that it firmly clamps the parts in the position to which they have been adjusted. It is desirable that the cards shall be so tightly grip ed that they will not shift'during the win ing 0 oration, but it is also desirable that they sfiall not be so tightly gripped as to prevent their ready insortionand removal by an in tentional act oi the operator. This is active winder arms to nation.

: above particularly ranged card-gripping complished in a satisfactory manner by the means above described, the spring of the fingers afi'ording the re uired yielding grip after the fingers have een properly adjusted for a card of the desired thickness. Further, the tendency due to the s ring of the fingers to the cards less tight y toward the outer ends of the fingers may be counteracted by inclining the fingers towards each other, by the adjusting means above described.

The winder is adjustable in every part, the manipulation of either one ofthe two screws 10 or 8 which hold the vertical rod 4, permitting the axis of the winder shaft tobe swung to any desired position in a plane at right angles to the vertical rod 4, and the clamping screws 18 permitting the respece separately adjusted to holdthe fingers at desired distances from the axis of the winder shaft, and the holding means for the fingers permitting the fingers to be adjusted both as to spacing and incli- In the operation of my winder, after proper adjustment of the parts, slid in between the blades and the end'of the ribbon or yarn is pro erly secured and the winding 0 eration per ormed b turnin the hand-cran r 12. When the rib on has een wound upon the card, the card with the rib- .bon thereon is withdrawn and is replaced by another card.

'It is obvious that various modifications may be made in the construction shown and described within the prinviple and scope of my invention. What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. A winder comprising a single rotatable frame having two pairs of diametrically arfin ers ada ted to grip the cards at o posite end s thereo and rotate the-cards en over-end, and means for adjusting the fingers to grip cards of different thicknesses. v

2. A winder com rising a rotatable frame including a rotatab e arm-carrying part and arms extending outward therefrom and adthe card isj ustably held in separate sockets therein, and a pair of resilient card-gripping fingers car ried by each arm and constructed and operating to grip the end of a card by their resilion?l action so as to rotate the card end-overen 3. A winder com having resilient car ing therefrom and rising a rotatable frame -gripping fingers extendmeans for adjusting and fixing the inclination of the fingers relatively to each other.

4. A winder comprising a rotatable frame having two pairs of card-gripping fin ers extending therefrom and means for a justing the inclination of the fingers of each pair relatively said fingers other.

bodily toward and from each to each other and also adjusting 5. A winder comprising a rotatable frame having card-gripping fingers extending therefrom and means for adjusting the fingers com rising a spacing screw located between two inding screws.

6. A winder comprising a rotatable'frame having a pair of resilient card-gripping fingers extending therefrom, one of suc fingers eing shorter than the other finger, and means for adjusting the inclination of the fingers relatively to each other.

7. A winder comprising a rotatable frame 'having a pair of card-gripping fingers extending therefrom, one of such fingers being shorter than the other finger, and means for adjusting the inclination of the fingers rela tively to each other, and also adjusting the fingers bodil towar and from each other.

8. A .win er comprising a rotatable frame having a "pair of card-gripping fingers extending therefrom, one of such fingers being shorter than the other finger, and means for adjusting the fingers comprlsmg a spacing screw located between, two binding screws.

In testimony whereof I have afiixed my signature in presence of-two witnesses.

CHARLES WIEBKE.

Witnesses:-

HENRY D. WILLIAMS,

BERNARD Gowns. 

